Vehicle-spring



(No Model.)

L. P. CASE, J1.

VEHICLE SPRING.

No. 328,287. Patented Oct. 13, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS E. CASE, JR, OF GOSHEN, INDIANA.

VEHICLE-SPRING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,287, dated October13, 1885.

Application filed May 13. 1885. Serial No. 165,405. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS F. CASE, Jr., a citizen of the United States,residing at Goshen, in the county of Elkhart and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Springs; and Ido declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a side view. Fig. 2 is aportion of an enlarged side View. Fig. 3 is a plan View. Fig. 4 is aperspective view. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are detail views.

This invention has relation to springs for side-bar vehicles; and itconsists in the construction and novel arrangement of devices, all ashereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the body or box ofa vehicle, and B aside bar.

G is the spring, connected to the body by boxing, which may be of anysuitable character, as at D. The arms of the spring are connected to theside bars by boxes, as at E. The springs G are arranged transverselyunder the front and rear portions of the body. Each spring consists of araised transverse portion, I, and the longitudinal side portions,

- G, extending at right angles to the transverse portion and below thelevel thereof, being connected thereto by the short upright bends H.Each side portion consists of an inner branch, G, which extends from theupright bend in the direction of the length of the body to thespirally-coiled portion L, from which the outer branch, N, extends inthe reverse direction and in the plane of the inner branch, the end ofsaid outer branch being notched, as at m.

The side bar, B, rests on the outer branch, N, of the lateral portionand tangentially upon the spiral portion L. The branch N is secured tothe side bar by a fastening-clip, V, and by a box-clip, E.

D represents the boxing, which is preferred in connecting the transverseportion of the spring to the body of the vehicle. This consists of astaple, 1?, having its ends threaded for the reception of nuts, wherebythe same may be secured to the body of a vehicle, and a box, B, havingverticalapertures for the passage of the staple branches. Pins or stopsZ are provided on the transverse portion of the spring to hold the boxesin position thereon and keep them from sliding.

It is designed to provide by this invention a very serviceable andstrong spring for vehicles, allowing little or no side motion to thebody, as the side bars are in contact, or nearly so, with the shortbends H of the spring.

I am aware that it is not new to form a spring from a single piece ofmetal bent around itself in the middle to form a coil, with the end ofone branch secured to the axle and the opposite branch clipped to thebody. Two of these springs are employed on a vehicle, and are connectedto the front and rear axles, respectively, the coiled portions beingcarried in opposite directions beneath the body and connected togetherby means of a spring-reach, and I therefore do not claim such devicesbroadly.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

1. The vehiclespring consisting of the raised transverse portion and thelongitudinal side portions, G and N, having spiral coils, and theportions G connected to said transverse portion by upright bendsextending from the inner branches thereof, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the body and side bars, of the spring having araised portion under the body and connected thereto by boxes,longitudinal side portions, G and N, having spiral coils, and theportions N fastened to the side bars, and the upright bends connectingthe side portions to the raised portion and serving to obviate sidemotion of the body, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature i presence of two witnesses.

LEWIS F. CASE, JR.

Witnesses:

E. LOUIS KUHNS, MYRON E. MEADER.

